WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/CHL/31 
22 January 2010 
 (10-0353) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 23 December 2009, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Chile .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the 
relevant supporting tables) for 2008 . 
 
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 The existing domestic agricultural support measur es applied by Chile are those listed in the 
attached supporting tables.  
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Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Chile 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2008 
 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Total AMS commitment level for period in question Currency 
(Ch$ million) Current total AMS 
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule) (from Section I of  Part IV of the Schedule) (from attached Supporting Tables) 
1 3 4 
- - " de minimis " * 
 
* See Supporting Table DS:4.  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Chile  
REPORTING PERIOD:  2008  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box"  
Measure type Name and descripti on of measure with reference to 
criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
2.2 General services    
(a) Research Agricultural research 
Partial financing for innovation projects; 
Technological applications; 
Innovation support information.  8,492,674 Foundation for 
Agricultural Innovation 
(FIA) 
 Research and development centres 
Generation, adaptation and disseminati on of scientific and technological 
knowledge and products that contribut e to the sustainable (social, 
economic and environmental) developm ent of the competitiveness of the 
various agricultural sector actors.   9,787,599 Agricultural Research 
Institute (INIA) 
    
(c) Training services Technological development service for small-holding agriculture 
Technical Advisory Service (SAT) :  designed to build up and strengthen 
production and business capacity by means of advice on, inter alia , 
production, use of technologies, and management.  22,212,134 Agricultural Development 
Institute (INDAP) 
 Support for organizations (PR ODES:  Fund for Organizational 
Development Projects) :  support for organiza tional development and 
entrepreneurial and organizational capacity-building (management, 
training, leadership an d business development).   
 Business manageme nt centre for small producers (CEGE) :  provision of 
direct technical and economic (account ing, fiscal, lega l and strategic) 
advisory services.   
 Development promotion services  (PRODESAL and PRODECOP):  
support for the contracting of techni cal advisory services to improve 
productivity and the environmental situ ation, and to raise partnership 
levels.     
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Page 4 Measure type Name and descripti on of measure with reference to 
criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
 Training and education for women in rural areas :  about 
3,000 women are attending technical training, personal training, 
management training and organizational development workshops.  1,218,720 INDAP and the 
Foundation for the 
Advancement and 
Development of Women 
(PRODEMU) 
 Quality promotion :  support for enterprises in achieving better quality 
and greater productivity through sp ecialized quality management 
consulting services.  652,665 Production Promotion 
Corporation (CORFO) 
(d) Extension and advisory services Technical Assistance Funds (FAT) :  advice for small and 
medium-sized agricultural producer s on contracting consultancy 
services, thus facilitating access to external and specialized technical 
assistance services;  and  
Irrigation and Energy Efficiency Pre-investment Programmes (PIR 
and PIEE) :  support for the contracting of advisory services to design 
irrigation projects.  521,700 CORFO 
 Irrigation development programme for poor communes :  advice for 
poor communes on irrigation studies and management.  1,518,925 National Irrigation 
Commission (CNR) 
 Real Investment and Technological Validation (PROMM) :  
technology transfer plan supporting the establishment, implementation 
and study of projects carried out by institutions engaged in research on 
irrigation.  10,265,693 CNR 
(e) Inspection services for sanitary, safety, 
etc. purposes Agricultural protection :  protection, maintena nce and improvement of 
plant and animal health and surveillance of the health status of plants 
and animals and the sanitary condition of plant and animal products, 
by-products and derivatives which ma y cause or carry diseases that 
could impair this resource.  26,291,326 Agriculture and Livestock 
Service (SAG) 
(f) Marketing and promotion services Promotion Programme (PROFO) :  scheme for the payment of 
incentives to encourage business m odernization through the association 
of similar or complementary enterprises established in the same area.  1,303,233 CORFO 
 Supplier Development Programme (PDP) :  support for the 
assessment, preparation and developm ent of business projects with a 
view to improving supplie r quality and productivity.  2,531,639 CORFO  
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 Page 5Measure type Name and descripti on of measure with reference to 
criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
(g) Infrastructure services Law No. 18.450 :  promotion of private investment in irrigation and 
drainage works, as a means of encouraging the construction of 
small-scale hydraulic works for agricultural use.  28,774,298 CNR 
 Irrigation for small-scale farming :  support for the diversification and 
greater productivity of small-scale farming by introducing, improving 
and expanding irrigation.  3,726,858 INDAP 
2.5 Direct payments to producers Agricultural insurance :  instrument that allows the agricultural sector 
to protect itself against economic losse s resulting from natural disasters.  
It provides for support towards or the partial financing of the insurance 
premium. 1,986,391 Agricultural Insurance 
Committee (COMSA) 
2.8 Disaster relief payments Agricultural emergency fund :  assistance for the agricultural sector to 
offset the adverse effects of climatic events. 0 Vice-Ministry of 
Agriculture 
 
Prepared by : Office for Agricultural Research and Policy  (ODEPA) of the Ministry of Agriculture. 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Chile  
REPORTING PERIOD:  2008  
Measures exempt from the reduction comm itment – Special and diffe rential treatment – "D evelopment Programmes"  
Measure type Name and descripti on of measure with reference to 
criteria in Article 6:2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
Investment subsidies ge nerally available to 
agriculture Investment incentive 23,499,844 INDAP 
 
Prepared by : Office for Agricultural Research and Policy  (ODEPA) of the Ministry of Agriculture. 
  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Chile  
REPORTING PERIOD:  2008  
Calculation of the current total aggregate measurement of support 
 
 
Description of basic products (including 
non-product-specific AMS) Product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7 
below) 
(Ch$ million) Product-specific measurements of support 
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below) Current total AMS (aggregate) 
(Ch$ million) 
1 2 3 4 
    
Non-product-specific AMS (from Supporting Table DS:9 below)    22,079 de minimis (1) 
 
    
 
(1)  Total value of 2008 agricultural production:  Ch$3,998 billion (provisional figure). 
Source :  ODEPA estimate, on the basis of data  supplied by the Central Bank of Chile. 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Chile  
REPORTING PERIOD:  2008  
Non-product-specific AMS  
Measure type(s) 2008 Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays 
(Ch$ million) Other 
non-product-specific 
support (include 
calculation details) Associated fees/levies Total 
non-product-specific 
support 
(Ch$ million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Land reclamation  22,079   22,079 INDAP/SAG 
       
 
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